The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-05-28
THE PARISHES.
LAFAYETTE.

LAFAYETTE.
Last Thursday We were visited by a
severe storm, rain and hail, especially tho
latter. Hail fell steadily for about thirty
| minutes,-some of the stones being as large
az pigeon eggs. Some damage was done to
cotton, but it is not thought to be serious.
The rain was surely the heaviest of the
season.-4tfvcrtiscr,
! CATAEoULA.
A difficulty occurred on Tuesday oven
| ing last at the saloon of Capt. Geo. knight,
| in Trinity, in which eX-Sherff J. p. Rou-
ton, Of Catahoul:,, in attempting to shoot
| Mr.. VIM. Adams, of Bout River, missed
his mark and accidentally shot Mr.. Robert
Norris, of Sulphur Springs, through tho
| left arms intlicting painful wound. Mr..
| Adams also received a slight wound in the
| head, being struck by Mr.. Routon with 4
pistol during tho melee Iidatia Sentinel.
CoNCORDJA.
| Although the cotton crop of Concordia is
looking promising enough at present, the
! Indications for too much rain ahead
| not to be unheeded by our planters, who
| have boon taught by tho experience of
! former years, that Il wet spell of weather
never fails to materially damage tho cotton
| crop, and to onsure 4 good yieid wo must
have Il dry June. So no one can tell what
the grow ing crop will bo until next month
| is past.
AS shown by the returns oflast Tuesdays
railroad election, the proposition of voting
q FIVE mill tax for ton years in aid of the
| New Orleans, Natchcz and Fort Scott, and
tho Mississippi Valley Railroads, was car
ried by a fair majority in valuation and
| numbers. Concordia has now done what
these enterprises demanded of her, and it
! now remains tor the projectors of these
misses, which we hope and believe will be
done at tho earliest possible date. We
know of nothing at present to rctard the
| construction Of the road, and think it safe
to say that work on same will be COM
menced some time this fall.-!.2n incl.
ST. JAMES.
During the thundersto rm last Sunday
evening, Mr. Pierre Lescurc, Of james
| lightning and instantly killed. 1t appears
| that Mr.. Lescure was in his cooper shop,
standing not far from tho fire place, the
| chimney was struck and the current des-
cending within the building was CON-
| n.uuicated to its unfortunate victim with
| the result as above stated.
ST. CHARLrs.
During the rain of Wednesday evening
| last, lightning struck and Killed Cy prian
| Dwyer, aged about % years. son of t.dw.
Dryer, 4 rice farmer, Of the Fashion plan
tation. Tho young man WIS returning
| home from his daily labor, in pany
| with his two brothers, when tho fatal nasn
struck him. On examination it was
| thought that lifo was not extinct and DR..
J. l.. Wallet was imnl lately summoned,
but unfortunately the young man was past
| medical ald.--Iioh1ctt'c Hcrotd.
! ACADIA.
The weather for the past week has bec,
| extremely favorable for the growing crops.
On several days we hayc had slight show
ors which have had Il salutaty effect upon
the corn, which our farmers are now laying
by In, o..o, .,o,u .,,o,,
better than at present, and our farmers arc
| full of encouragement. One leaturein tar
ming we are pleased to note, viz: the it,
| creased attention our farmers arc paying to
grain and other crops, while many arc
only planting cotton as a surplus CROP
We notice with much pleasure that tho
| stautly increasing. a few years ago many
| of our farmers had never seen oats grow
| ing; now an oat patch is almost indispen-
| sable on Cvcry farm. Who knows but that
Southwestern ouisiana may not vet take
rank as a grain producing section ?-Royne
| SCRttact.
| ST. LANDRY.
| The blackberry crop is unusually largo
and tino this spring. The little negroes
! arc bringing them into town by tho pail
! full, and they are flat on the marke at
| fifteen cents por gallon. AT this price with
sugar at two cents per pound every ono
has had tho opportunity of putting up II
! good supply of jam and preserves cheaply
| or making home made wine. 1t is said
! that North Carolina annually sells s., 900 GOO
worth of dried black berries. II some one
| would start that industry herc, in conRec-
| ton with preserving thcm and making
| Them into Wine, there is no DOUBT that
| money could be made at it. Such an en-
| terpriSo could very VOL DO made an ad-
JUnct OF n canning factory. Who Will ty
| it?-Ci1cious@S C3"3icy.
| EAST CARROLL.
| The most severe storm, ,yn bayo wit
! messed for many years passed over town
on Thursday evening, but as,onsheu
! everybody by doing very slight damam.
| about hore. One OF the Old land marks ON
| on The lake bank i'll front of Judge Dclony's
! residence was blown down. Johnson's
Saw-lni'l boat was badly damaged.-Denao-
! croi.
LINCOLN
! Mr.. Nardeman Earuorc, of wand five.
ono of he oldest and most highly respected
| c!tlEonS of the parish, died last Sunday
! might nj the advanced ago OFFS years. He
was honorable and upright in all his trans
actions and lived Il truly exemplary life,
we'll worthy of tho emulation OF tho pre-
scnt generation Of young people. In his
| death our parish loses Il good citizen--
! R"|ou t.Hlg3'alH.
UNION.
A!r. T. ]. Grafton, OF ward eight, called
AT our Office last Saturday. llu said that
lIth inst.
THO weather during the past week hes
been all that the farmer could nish. Crons
are growing well and looking splendidIy
There were about thirty applicants for
- an inn t,Ntt